Can-faucet



(No Model.) B KELLS,

CAN FAUGET. N0. 328,038. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KELLS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CAN-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,038, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed July 7, 1885. Serial No. 170,854.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD KELLS, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain useful Improvements inFaucets for Oil-Cans or other Vessels Containing Liquids; and Iherebydeclare that the following is a full and complete description of thesaid improvement.

The object of the above mentioned improvement in faucets is to providevessels containing oil or other liquids with an inexpensive andeasily-operative device or faucet for drawing the contents therefrom,and which is also a secure fastening for retaining the contents in thesame.

The construction of the faucet is substantially as follows, and which isfully shown in the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of a portion ofan oil-can or other vessel having applied thereto the improved faucet.Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section. Fig. 4 isa detached sectional view.

Likeletters of reference denote like parts in the figures referred to.

The said faucet consists of a broad flange, B, having a central openingprovided with a tubular neck, O, in which is a female thread, D, intowhich is screwed a tubular key or stem, E, provided with a thumb-piece,F, by which it is manipulated. The lower end of the stem terminates in avalve consisting of an annular plate, G, of larger diameter than thestem, as seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

' His a spout opening into and projecting from the tubular neck, ofwhich it is an integral part.

In the side of the lower end of the stem is an aperture, a, whereby thebore of the stem may be put in open relation with the interior of thecan, as shown in Fig. 3. In the side of the upper end of the stem is ahole, 12, which, when the aperture (0 is in open relation with theinterior of the can, as shown in Fig. 3, registers with the spout H,thereby forming a continuous passage-way from the interior of the can tothe outside of the same, through which the contents of the vessel may bedrawn off.

The practical operation of the above-described faucet will be readilyunderstood and (No model.)

is simply as follows: In the top of the can, or

in any other suitable place, is cut a hole,

through which the vessel is filled. The flange B is then placed over thesaid hole and soldered down, as shown in Fig. 3, in which it will benoticed that the valve G is within the vessel, and, as shown in saidfigure, the valve is open, so that on tipping the can the liquid thereinwill flow through the apertures a into the bore of the neck, and issuetherefrom through the hole 12 into the spout H, as indicated by thearrows, and be discharged thereby to the outside of the can.

As above remarked, the valve, as shown in Fig. 3, is open for thepurpose specified, and is easily and readily closed by turning thetubular stem in the proper direction so far as to draw the valve upwardto the underside of the neck, as indicated by the dotted lines a inFig. 1. The under side of the neck forms the seat of the valve, which,when seated therein, closes the valveway, thereby preventing a furtheroutflow of the contents of the vessel.

When the valve is screwed home to its seat, the bore of the spout isclosed by the blank side of the stem, as the hole 12 therein is thenturned away from its open relation with the spout, thereby making thefaucet all the more safe from leaking.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

For oil-cans and other vessels, a faucet consisting of a tubular neckprovided with a spout and a flange by which the neck is secured to acan, hollow screw-stem E, adapted to screw into the said neck, valve G,terminating the lower end of the stem E and arranged to close the lowerend of the neck forming the seat of the valve, thumb-piece F, foroperating the stem, apertures a and 1), whereby the bore of the stem isput in open relation with the interior of the can and with the saidspout when the valve is open, substautially as described, and for thepurpose

